JAMB: New Date Releases For Over 85,000 Candidates With Cancelled Results.

- The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has fixed Saturday, July 1 for supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) - The examination board, JAMB said, the examination will be written by no fewer than 85,000 candidates - JAMB included that many of the candidates rescheduled for this examination are only enjoying this privilege because of the board’s principles of equality and inclusiveness.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, July 1 to conduct supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for over 85,000 candidates. The board’s Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, announced this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Dr Fabian Benjamin, the examination which is for candidates who registered late and those with related issues will be spread across some Computer Based Testing (CBT) centres. Dr Benjamin said in his statement "No fewer than 85,000 candidates are scheduled to
write the examination,Affected candidates have been notified through text
messages. “By this notice, they are advised to check their e-mail and profile
for the schedule of their examination or visit the board’s website for their
status"According to him, candidates will soon be
requested to print their e-slip for details which include date, venue and time of the
examination.

The board noted that candidates that are not listed for the
examination, would not be notify while those whose results are
withheld would reflect in their profiles, which have been updated.

The board also advised rescheduled candidates to comport
themselves and be of good behavior to avoid the circumstance that earlier
prompted the cancellation of their previous examination.

DR Fabian Benjamin said “Many of the
candidates rescheduled for this examination enjoy this privilege because of the
board’s principles of equality and inclusiveness. It is better to let 100
offenders go free than to punish one innocent person,The board will enhance
its monitoring of the examination as it will not compromise its sanctity.”

1.7 million candidates registered for the 2017 UTME in
633 centres across the country. The examination was conducted from May 13 to
May 20 but the board cancelled the results of more than 50,000 candidates. It
also delisted 48 Computer Based Testing centres over what was described as organised malpractice.